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T. GORSGADEN. BLIND HINGE.

N0 .553,955. Pantented Feb. 4, 1896.

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THOMAS CORSCADEN, OF NEV BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANLEYVORKS', SAME PLACE.

BLIND-HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,955, dated February4, 1896. Application iiled October 24, 1895. Serial No. 566,677. (Nomodel To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS ConscADEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blindor Shutter Hinges, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in blind or shutter hinges, and themain object of my improvement is to produce a simple, cheap,symmetrical, and efficient hinge that is convertible into a right orleft hand hinge, as may be desired.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my hinge.Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View with one leafswung around into the position that it would have upon a Widely openedblind, the line :c denoting the edge of the casing to which thestationary leaf A is secured. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the samelooking toward the right-hand side of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a rear elevationof the leaf that is designed to be secured to the casing and the otherleaf in the position that it has when the blind stands at right anglesto the face of the casing. Fig. G is a front elevation of my hinge asarranged for the opposite hand from that shown in Figs. 1 to 5,

A designates the stationary leaf, which is designed to be secured to thewindow frame or casing, and B designates the companion leaf for beingsecured upon the blind or shutter. 7, having screw-holes 8 for securingthe leaf in place. It is also provided with a horizontal wing 19 of asymmetrical form, having two like perforations 9 for receiving thepintle 10 and locking-catch 16 of the leaf B, and also with the notches12 to let pass the lug 13 of said leaf B.

The leaf B has a symmetrically formed leaf-body 1i, with screw-holes 15.At one side edge of said body there is a locking-wing with upwardly anddownwardly projecting catches 1G. At the opposite side edge of saidleaf-body there is the pintle-bearing wing having upwardly anddownwardly projecting The leaf A is provided with a leaf-body pintles10. The distance from center to cen- 5o ter of the locking andpintle-bearing wings is about equal to the distance from center tocenter of the two pintle-bearing perforations 9. The upper and lowercorners of the leafbody at the side edge bearing` the pintle-wing areprovided with the lugs 13 to prevent the hinge-leaves from being liftedoff their pintle.

The leaf B may be hung at either side of the leaf A, as may be desired,in order to use the hinge as a right or left hand. When the 6oleaf-bodies stand at right angles to each other, as shown in Fig. 5, thelower one of the lugs 18 may pass through the notch 12 and the pintle beslipped endwise into place, as shown.

The leaf A will always be used in the position shown, and the leaf B isused with one edge uppermost when hung at the left-handside edge of theleaf A, as shown in Figs. 1 to 5, and with the opposite edge uppermostwhen hung at the right-hand-side edge of the 7o leaf A, as shown in Fig.6. In either case the lug 13 will engage the under side of the Wing 19and prevent the pintle being fully withdrawn in case the blind is liftedexcept when said lug is in the same vertical plane as the notch 12 insaid wing. The upper hinge on the blind or shutter may be any ordinaryhinge or a duplicate of the hinge herein shown. When the pintle is inthe left-hand pintle-bearing orifice and the blind is swung 8o fullyopen the catch 16 on the under side of the locking-wing strikes thehorizontal wing 19, rides up the same, and drops into the right-handpintle perforation to fasten the blind. Vhen the pintle is hung in therighthand perforation the locking-wing engages the left-hand perforationfor fastening the blind open.

I claim as my invention- 1. A blind or shutter hinge consisting of a 9oleaf having a horizontal wing with two like pintle-bearing perforationsone at each side of said leaf, and the companion leaf having a leaf-bodyand pintle-wingv with pintles at its opposite ends, one pintle beingadapted to fit one of said bearings when said companion leaf is placedone end up, and the other pintle being adapted to iit the other one ofsaid bearings when said companion leaf is upwardlyanddownwardlyprojecting Catches turned the other end up substantially asdefor engaging said perforations, substantially 1o scribed. as describedand for the purpose specified. 2. The herein-described blind or shutter5 hinge consisting of the leaf having a horizon- THOMAS CORSCADEN. f

tal wing with two pintle-bearng perforations, .Vitnesses: and thecompanion leaf having the double- C. F. BENNETT,

ended pintnle and locking-wing having the lV. A. CRABTREE.

